Bug#577630: emacs23: Please document how to disable gpm-mouse-mode
Package: emacs23 Version: 23.1+1-5 Severity: minor I was going to report that gpm does not work but found it was already reported in Bug#558019. Ok, I just have to disable gpm-mouse-mode. However: How I do that in a way that emacs22 does not give an error? I use lenny and squeze using the same /home and put this in .emacs: (gpm-mouse-mode 0) This worked for emacs23 in squeeze, but now when using lenny, emacs22 complains in this way: An error has occurred while loading `/home/sanvila/.emacs': Symbol's function definition is void: gpm-mouse-mode Would be possible to write a README.Debian which documents the issues with gpm and having a good recipe to disable gpm-mouse-mode, please? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#577630: emacs23: Please document how to disable gpm-mouse-mode
On 2010-04-13 11:13 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: Package: emacs23 Version: 23.1+1-5 Severity: minor I was going to report that gpm does not work but found it was already reported in Bug#558019. Ok, I just have to disable gpm-mouse-mode. However: How I do that in a way that emacs22 does not give an error? I use lenny and squeze using the same /home and put this in .emacs: (gpm-mouse-mode 0) This worked for emacs23 in squeeze, but now when using lenny, emacs22 complains in this way: An error has occurred while loading `/home/sanvila/.emacs': Symbol's function definition is void: gpm-mouse-mode You need to check whether it is defined first, like this: (when (fboundp 'gpm-mouse-mode) (gpm-mouse-mode 0)) Would be possible to write a README.Debian which documents the issues with gpm and having a good recipe to disable gpm-mouse-mode, please? The recommended way is to customize the gpm-mouse-mode variable, like any other user setting. This interface exists since Emacs 20. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#577630: emacs23: Please document how to disable gpm-mouse-mode
(gpm-mouse-mode 0) This worked for emacs23 in squeeze, but now when using lenny, emacs22 complains in this way: An error has occurred while loading `/home/sanvila/.emacs': Symbol's function definition is void: gpm-mouse-mode You need to check whether it is defined first, like this: (when (fboundp 'gpm-mouse-mode) (gpm-mouse-mode 0)) Thanks! Would be possible to write a README.Debian which documents the issues with gpm and having a good recipe to disable gpm-mouse-mode, please? The recommended way is to customize the gpm-mouse-mode variable, like any other user setting. This interface exists since Emacs 20. Yes, but it is in emacs23 when the problem with gpm arises, hence my suggestion to document this somewhere in /usr/share/doc/emacs23. People not familiar with lisp and emacs internals (like myself) would be lost and will think this is a bug instead of a feature which may be disabled. In fact, I've had to search in the archived bug reports for emacs23 to know that I had to disable gpm-mouse-mode. The experience for the user is that cut and paste just stops working. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
